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Being right or being loving . . .

Posted on March 28, 2015 Written by Mark McIntyre Leave a Comment

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It seems to me that if we are forced to make a choice between being right (winning the argument) and being loving, we should always chose the latter. Unfortunately, this has not always been the case with the Christian Church.

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